Voters are going to the polls in North Macedonia this week for the first round of the presidential election, the seventh such vote since the Balkan country gained independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1991. Seven candidates are vying for the largely ceremonial position.
People walk past election poster of Stevo Pendarovski , incumbent President and a presidential candidate backed by the ruling social democrats , in a street in Skopje, North Macedonia , on Monday April 22, 2024. Voters go to the polls in North Macedonia on Wednesday April 24 for the first round of presidential elections, the seventh such election since the Balkan country gained independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1991, where seven candidates are vying for the largely ceremonial position.
EU membership negotiations with North Macedonia — and fellow-candidate Albania — began in 2022 and the process is expected to take years. Siljanovska Davkova agrees her country belongs in the EU, but insists on deep reforms. “Apart from reforms of the system and the mind, we also need vision, leadership and active commitment with expertise in the process itself,” she said in presenting her program.“There is an epidemic of corruption in this country that has affected every sector, every organization, and only by exposing the corrupt actors can we begin to help the country address these issues,” U.S.
Both Pendarovski and Siljanovska have emphasized the fight against corruption in their pre-election campaign.
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